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Gus service, on persons who have rem
dered some remarkable service either
to the industry, commerce or art Of
the nation, and lastly on individuals
who by some notable deed Of valor or con-
spicuous act Of service to the state have
rendered themselves worthy Of receiving this
much coveted reward The statutes, more
over, provide that the number Of the Official
Gazette which contains the nomination Of
the new chevalier shall likewise state dis
tinctly the reason for which the cross has
been conferred. OF late, however, this last
condition has not been strictly en-
forced, services exceptionelles" being the
title under which the reasons have
been Jumped in most cases. The order il
composed Of five classes, ranging from grand
Gordon to chevalier, and, except in the case
OF foreigners, carries with it an annual pen
sion. The members, besides enjoying special
consideration and precedence, are entitled to
numerous small privileges, including the mil
itary salute and the attendance Of detach-
ment of troops at their funerals. It may be
added that the Legion of Honor is essentially
q democratic order. In its ranks are to be
found generals, senator's, ministers, postmen,
policemen, simple sailors and soldiers, doc
tors, artists, priests, and even sisters of
mercy, who have distinguished themselves in
the ambulances during the wars. And
though there was known to be vast amount
Of corruption in French official circles, most
people believed implicitly in the honor of the
chancellors of this order
But recent developments show this foud
faith to have been without grounds There
haa boon a onnaraI traffic IN croSsor of tbo
Legion of Honor.
Gen. Caffarel, chief of the headquarters
staff at the ministry of war, has been the
central figure in the gossip, but really he has
acted simply as tool in the hands of Mime.
Limousin. She is humpbacked, yellow, false
haired and false toothed. She is of Ger
man birth. Limousin, who was provincial
justice, was her second husband. Till lately
she has lived at Vincennes, where she was on
the best Of terms with the officers Of the gar
Rison. An aspirant for the decoration would
address himself to the madame and pay her
10000 or $4,000 francs. She would intercede
with Catfarsl or other great parsonage of
her acquaintance, turn over about so per
cent. of the bribe, and the thing would be
done. Sometimes the cross would not be
forthcoming, but the briber would be too
ashamed of his foolishness to make row.
Nine. Li1nousin, whose arrest brought
about the whole uproar, was great friend
Of the Baroness de Kaula. After this per-
sons first husband died she married Col de
Jung, who left her. Then she became the
friend of Gen. de Cissey, then minister of
war. He used to breakfast with her ON his
way from cabinet meetings. While she was
entertaining the general, clever German ste
nographers, disguised as servants, used to
take shorthand notes of the contents of his
portfolio, which were invariably forwarded
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-24

newly rich In
France are desir-
Gus Of wearing the
cross Of the Legion
Of Honor, a decora-
tion for the posses
sion Of which most
souls would sacri-
fee every earthly
consideration be-
sides. According
to the statutes Of
the order, which
was founded by
Napoleon !, it can
only be conferred
on civil and mill
tary government
officials Of every
rank, after twenty
.non- AZ n.n,.iAn.s
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-24
THE NORTHWEST
SCANDAL IN FRANCE.
THE TRAFFIC IN THE CROSS or
THE LEGION OF HONOR.

Caffarel. the Disgrnesd General, and His
Part I'm the sIatter-aEme. Limousln the
Real Chief Onender-CanAreI. Wilson
and Others Only Her Aocomplices
They are having pretty row in Francs
just now. In fact, to use q bit Of slang that
Ia surely allowable in this instance, France is
'iah torn upn over the Caffarel- -Lmousin-
Wilson, etcetera, scandal It has involved the
ministry, has caused Boulanger's arrest, and
may lead to the most serious complications.
What is 1t all about
We'll. cartain nersnns who haYa hacnnna
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-24

anke, are Identical against Russian invasion,
and he declares that the free gift he has
offered shall be devoted to the purposes of
promoting military defense Of the northwest
frontier.
Previous to she year 1853 the nizam of
Hyderabad was obliged in time of war to
furnish England with troops on demand.
This arrangement, however, was not salts
factory to the British government, as Hyder-
abad was insolvent, and in 1853 treaty
was made in which the nizam, in lieu of
his obligations, should assign to England GER
tain districts north of his dominions to be
administered by the British, and their rev.
enue applied in equipping the Hyderabad
contingent. This arrangement still exists,
and it has been limited that the nizams gift
was made for the purpose of paving the way
to his ultimate possession Of the territories
before mentioned as being under the control
Of England. In view of all the circumstances,
however, it may be safely assumed that the
gift of the nizam was the gift of generous
young man but recently installed into power,
and that it was made from the most patri-
otto and sincere motives.
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the senate and the house committee Of the
Jockey club, is Glso mixed up in the matter
and has fed.
We give also pictures Of Mime. Limou-
sins agent, one Lorentz, and Mime. de Boissy
de Beauregard, who were arrested as accom-
plices at the same time as Mime. Lmousin.
Nine. Limousins picture has not yet reached
America
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-24

the expiration Of
his term Of impris-
onnent be was ex-
PEELED from the
German territory
and made his way
10 Paris, where he
has since been en-
ployed in the o@-
cial Bureau de
Renseignements as
the central Office
Of the French spy
organim ton is
called.
Gen. Count de
Aulan, member Of
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Only the other day
he celebrated the
sixtieth anniver-
sary of his mar
riage. He is in his
Seth year, and still
breaches regularly
every Q Sunday.
During the period
Of over sixty years
that he has labored
in the cause of
Christianity he has
delivered between
6,000 and 1000 SER
mons, besides many
ofhop n nddracsns
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-24

Ouholl llh, ttio WIZ
roy of India, the
nizam refers to the
fact that for some
time past the reve-
nues Of India have
shown little in
crease and he at
tributes this to the
large sums which
have been devoted
to improving the
defense of the In
dian frontier. As
the oldest ally of
the English in In
dia, he declares that
he has felt it in
cunbent upon him
to show that the in
terest of all the in
habitants of India,
British and native
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He has tied the nuptial knot 5000 times,
and has officiated at nearly 500 funerals,
and has organized fifteen congregations
and built nine houses Of worship. He went
to Ohio in 1912, and the congregations that
he presided over there are new in charge Of
Eve ministers.
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THE DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST THURsDAY NOVEMBER "a 1881

solitary confinement in . military prison, In
theyear 1872, for having sold plans Of Ger
man fortresses to the French war ofica On
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Itch. Prairie Mango, and Scratches of
avery kind cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford,s Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by u. j.
Humphrey, Napoleon. my-S-lyr
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-05-12
A Neice of Sen. Blackburn Shot and
Killed by Companion While
Engaged in Target
Practice.

LEXINGTON, KY, May S.-A terrible
tragedy occurred this morning near
Spring Station, on the farm of Capt.
James Blackburn, eX-Secretary of State
and a brother of Senator G.. S. Black
burn. Miss Henrietta Blackburn, ac-
companied by her cousin, Henrietta
Hampstead, young lady of 10 years,
went out to shoot at mark with a
small rifle. They were joined by
Samuel Blackburn, a young man of %,
a brother of Miss Henrietta Blackburn.
A friendly contention begun as to who
should shoot first. The three engaged
in playful struggle for possession of
the rifle. The weapon was discharged,
the ball piercing the heart of Miss
Henrietta Hampstead, killing her in
stantly.
The unfortunate young lady gave a
slight scream, dropped upon the blue
grass and breathed her last before her
Mortified cousins realized the awful
calamity. Messengers hurried off for
medical and other assistance. 1t was
with the utmost difficulty that Miss
Blackburn and Miss Hempstead's
mother could be restored from the
shock. Miss Hampstead was a great
favorite in the community. The fun
eral will take place Monday afternoon
at Frankfort.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-05-12
Findlay Land Speculation.

J. H. Shearer, editor of the Marys-
vile Tribune, a level-headed sort of a
man, has been at Findlay. He gives
his impression of the land speculation
very tersely in the following para
graph, which we copy from hisletter:
''It is our honest conviction that
lands are inflated beyond their intrin-
sic value, even though the gas supply
should be inexhaustible and Findlay
grow to be great city. There is
always danger of becoming crazed over
future possibilities, and such is the fact
here. After while, when matters as
sumo a settled normal condition and
lands drop to figures corresponding
with a regular healthy growth, some-
body will lose money. There is no
land worth thousand or two thousand
dollars per acre, gas or no gas. The
gudgeons that take the hook on the ex-
cited spur of the moment, will be drawn
ashore by the crafty angler. This is a
place that requires good judgment,
and the exercise of all the protective
instincts human nature is endowed
with to keep from being blindly de.
voured by the sharks who find 1t an
easier and safer way to take man in
on "big sell' than to rob his victim
outright" a.-7. @
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Kinks in the Wool Interest.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer in an ar
ticle on the wool question and its many
tangles says:
Now comes new wool tangle and
new source of woe. They are raising
wool out on the Pacific slope and the
industry has grown out there to for
midable dimensions. The other day
the Pacific slope wool-growers sent a
asking that the short haul clause be sus-
pended in their favor, as they cannot
send their wool across the continent at
full rate without reducing their net re-
turns to Improbable figurers. If low
er rate of freight is obtained by water
transportation around Cape Horn, the
California wool will reach the Eastern
market at the same time with the Ohio
wool, and as the market will be glutted
it will cut down the profits of the Ohio
wool-grower. If present low rates
across the continent are allowed to re-
main in force the Pacific slope wool will
reach the East before the Ohio sheep
are shorn, and hence supply the market
whilst it is bare and prevent the neces-
sity of importing foreign wool to meet
the demand. The application is there
fore placed as much on the Ohio WOOL
grower as of benefit to the sheep raiser
of California.
But the Ohio man does not seem to
appreciate the disinterested kindness in
angry protest. He demands protection
from the Californian wool, which un-
der the reduced railroad rates has
been brought all the way from the Pa
cific and sold by the side of the Ohio
wool at the same prices. This he main
tains is q discrimination against the
Buckeye sheep and he kicks hard.
What is to be done? The New Eng
land manufacturer insists he must
have cheap wool to keep his factories
going against the competition of the
foreign cloth maker. The Californian
wants low transportation as well as
high duties that he may sell his wool to
the New England manufactures in COM
petion with the importer and also the
wool grower of the middle west. The
Ohio man demands the restoration OF
duties that will shut out the importer
and at the same time high transporta'
ton that will keep the Californian WOO
at home and leave the Ohio wool ir
possession. of its natural market. Th'
wool question is in worse tangle THAI
ever.
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What the Old Roman Has to Say.

In an interview on the Governorship,
ex-senator Thurman declines the use
of his name in the following kindly re-
marks:
ITO say that I would accept the NOM
ination of Governor at the hands of the
Ohio Democracy at the forthcoming
convention would be equivalent to be-
coming candidate, which most posi-
lively am not. I appreciate the fact
that the new generation of young men
now on the stage of politics are equal to
all emergencies. Among our younger
chieftains in Ohio I recognize many
men of proven courage, splendid attain
ments, and who possess the confidence
of the people. Under the leadership of
such men as they are the party in Ohio
will have a future of which we may
feel proud. lam now engaged on my
book and in writing letters in behalf Of
ambitious young Democrats who seek to
advance themselves, all of which af-
fords me pleasure. A tranquil life will
afford me more satisfaction than any
office, however great the honor or emol-
uments. This, as matter of course,
should be sacrificed for the good ofone's
country, or for the good of ones fellow
citizens, in case of great emergency.
That emergency does not now, in my
opinion, exist, SO far as is applicable to
myself.n
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The SparroWS.

If any of the English sparrows have
fallen since last year, they have done
so without our notice, for it seems as
though they were all here, principal
and interest. What is the rate per
cent. of the sparrow's increase, any
way? 1t must crowd usury pretty
close. AS multipliers and replenishers
they are a success. They beat ants for
industry, have no drones, and never
lose day. BY the way, who ever saw
a young sparrow learning to fly, or one
half grown, out of the nest? They
stay at home, study the constitution
and bylaws of their society, get the
theory so by heart that they can prac-
tice it the first day they venture out so
perfectly that it takes an expert to tell
an old sparrow from young one. No
doubt but they are the champion
feather weights Of this country. They
are "sudden and quick in quarrel" and
will build nest in cannon's mouth
and spike the touch-hole with mud
Next in Importance to the question,
what shall we do with our daughters?'
is what shall we dowith our sparrows?
-iSi1yleU Journal.
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Ladies fine shoes at Shoemaker Bros
People Who had Well Developed
Horns Growing From Their Heads.


An interesting addition has just been
made to the museum of the Hospital
Saint Louis, in Paris, in the shape of
strong and solid horn, which has been
surgicalIy removed from the head of
a woman residing at Hyeres, in the
Riviera. This appendage grew from
the scalp, was twenty-one centimeters
(eight inches) long, and IN appearance
and consstence resembles the horn of a
goat. This deformity is rare, but not so
as is generally imagined. CIoquet, the
eminent auatomist, records case, and
Demarquay collected fifty-nine cases.
The late Sir Erasmus Wilson gives a
very complete account Of the deformity
in the twenty-seventh volume of the
transactions of the Royal Medical and
Chirurgical Society,"" Out of the nine
ty cases mentioned therein, forty-four
were in females, thirty-nine in males,
and the sex of seven is unrecorded. In
the New York Medical Repository of
1920 is described the case of a man from
whose forehead grew horn which had
three branches, and was fourteen inches
III circumference. These grOwths have
their origin in a diseased sebaceous
gland, and their treatment is removal.
1t is necessary to destroy all remains o1
the offending sebaceous gland or recur.
renee may happen.-Medicdl Journal.
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The girls of 1Sand 20, who are now
beginning to come forward to earn
their own living in various new ways,
find a much easier field than their
elder sisters and their aunts who tried
their hands at battling with the
world" The world appears In SO ami
cable light to all young women who
can do any one thing very we'll
whether it is to manage typewriter
or business enterprise that 1t is not
easy to believe how difficult 1t was for
a girl to find anything to do besides
school teaching and sewing ten years
ago. There 10 scarcely any world work
now In which woman may not en-
gage, no matter how difficult or extra
ordinary, If she have the desire or tai
ent for it.. a ss@e
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AKIN TO KISSANE.
Alabama Furnishes Another Ro-
nance i'm Real Life.

ADMISSION, Ala, May 6.-News
reached here yesterday of the flight
from his home in st. Clair county OF
Joseph Compton, member of the
State Legislature, under circumstances
which read like chapter from the life
of Kissane. Coming from Kentucky, so
he stated, he took up his abode in the
little town of Eden, where he followed
the trade of carpenter. His life was ex-
emplary, and in a year or so he was
elected town marshal. Last year, after
a seasonable probation, Compton was
licensed as Methodist preacher and
his sermons and exhortions were of the
most fervid and orthodox character.
He joined the Independent party in the
last State campaign and was selected
by them as their standard bearer for
legislative honors. After hot fight he
was elected over the regular Demo-
cratic nominee by five hundred MAORI
ty, and last November he took his seat
in the lower House of the Legislature.
Now comes the strange story of this
mans life. Thirteen years ago he was
engaged in making moonshine whisky
in one of the mountain counties of
SdIOllt1ds w IlllC thuo CH6"oSN
he became involved in difference of
opinion with party of revenue officers
and in the melee that followed, Comp
ton shot and killed one of the officers.
He was arrested, tried, convicted and
sentenced to twenty-four years in the
penitentiary. He remained in that in
stitution four years and then escaped.
For years he succeeded in covering up
his tracks and his escape seemed a per-
manent one. But one day not long
ago a man who is now foreman of q
bridge gang on the Coxpac road saw
Compton and at once recognized him.
"That is Josephus CASTOR, who was Il
prisoner in the North Carolina peniten-
tiary when I was guard there, several
years ago." said the foreman, and then
he communicated his discovery to the
North Carolina officials.
The Governor issued the proper pa
pers for Compton's arrest and sent them
to the Sheriff of Jefferson county, in
this State, to have them served. A
gentleman in Eden received letter
from friend in Birmingham, telling
him of the receipt of the requisition
and this fact was told to Compton,
Compton was experimenting gang O
laborers on contract which he haC
taken on the Talledege & Coosey Val
ley railroad abouta mile from Eden
and had walked up to the village coat
less. The receiver of the letter told hin
of its contents. Compton turned pale
stammered out a few broken eXplana
tions and then walked hurriedly away
That is the last that has been seen o
him in that section and his whereabout
is unknown. He never went bacl
after his coat. a...
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Notice to Contractors.

CEALED proposals will be received at the office Of
y the Clerk of the board of education of Damas.
noon, on the Oath day of May, 1857, for building
school house the lot tuated in sub district No.
B. Damascus township, Henry county, Ohio, accord
ing to plans aud specifications file In said office.
Each bid must contain the name of every person
interested in the same and be accompanied by a
sufficient guaranty of some disinterested person,
that If the bid is accepted contract will be enter
ed into and the performance of it properly signed.
The bid for each kind of material called for by the
specifications must be stated separately, and the
price of each given, and the price Of labor must also
be separately stated.
cepted, and the Board may reject all bids.
BY order Of the Board of Education.
J.. +. HlCKERS0N, Clerk,
Mcclure, o.. April 26, 1887.
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Child's fine shoes at Shoemak er Bro
The Woman's Column.

Mrs. Daniels, wife of Capt. Daniels of
the Water Lily, has just been licensed
as pilot of that steamer.
The Bombay Gazette has broken the
ice by employing sixteen Anglo-Indian
girls as compositors and woman as
proof-reader.
The Connecticut House of Represen-
tatives has passed bill making women
eligible to election ON district school
boards.
Miss Catherine Wolf helped num-
Der of girls through Vassar, without let
ting them know from whom the money
came.
Mrs. Custer is delighted with the
scenery and climate of Southern Cali
fornia, and pronounces it IAN excellent
trip for overworked and worn-out wo-
menu
s. Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont expects
to spend the summer in the west, writ
ing life of Kit Carson, the famous
scout and explorer who guided Gen
Fremont over the Rocky Mountains.
Since the world began, to refine So
ciety has been woman's function. You
may be sure that she who has carried
refinement to the household, to the
church, to social life, to literature, to
every interest except government, will
also carry it to legislation and the whole
ofcivil procedure. Henry Ward Beech
er.
Many of the arguments that are used
against letting women vote were used
against letting women enter the
professions, and with more force.
For if woman has not physical OF
mental capacity enough to help choose
q selectman, she certainly has not ca
pacity enough to practice law or medi-
cine, or to preach the gospel.
Miss Mary Tillinghast is one of the
most successful among the women who
have made business of decorative art.
Vanderbilt once paid her $50, 900 for in
venting new kind of tapestry hang
ings for his houses. She supplied the
designs for the stained-glass window
just erected in Grace Church, N. Y,
representing Jacobs Dream. No piece
of cathedral art had ever been intrusted
in this country to woman, butt her de-
signs were SO obviously the best that
precedent was broken through. The an
gels ascending and descending the lad.
der are full of life and vigor, and the
window ranks with the best of modern
decorative work.
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Notice to Contractors.

CEALED proposals will be received at the Office Of
= the Clerk of the board Of education of Monroe
township, Henry county, Ohio until IL o'clock noon,
on the Both day of May, 1887, for building school
house in sub-district No.. 8, Monroe township, Hen
ry county Ohio, according TO plans and specifca-
tions on file in said Office. .. ..
Each bid must contain the name of every person
interested in the same and be accompanied by suf-
icien guaranty of aome dsinterested person. that If
the bid is accepted, contract will be entered into
and the perform ance of it properly signed
The bid for each kind of material called for by
the specifications be stated separately and the
price of each gven and the price of labor must also
be separately stated.
None but the lowest res ponsible bid will be ac-
cepted, and the board may reject all bids.
BY order Of the Board Of Education.
| w, R.AURAND, Clerk
Malinfa Anril 40 1877.